The Sun. — London, England, 1826-08-29 00:00:00

V J - z l e , , ' aot- A ;mss ' -. ~~~. ,~~r~.. , WELSH IRON CCOMANY: VItitALLING-Ottlet, Atrs. I§, T,HE Commissioners' for Victualling His Majesty's' Navy, do hereby give notice, that there will be soap' by .AUCTION, by Mr. JOHN BATTEN, at the Sun Tavern, at Chatham, in the County of Kent, on FRO)At, the Sth day of September next, at Twelve o'clock, All that valtiAltittid extensive Estate, situate and being in the Parish of Chathirriiitl'at. MichOlai, within the liberty and Pre rinets , of the - City of ROchester, used by the Commissioners for Victualling His Majesty's Navy, as a Victualling Office and Establishment, consisting of a capital Alesinage or Dwell ing-house, with the Gardens and Appurtenances thereunto be longing, in the occupation of Henry StOkes, Esq., the resident Agent 'Victualler, and also the several Storehouses, Outbuildings, 'Olices, Sheds, and other erections, now standing and being there ron, together with the use of the 'Wharf and Landing Place ad joining the River Afedwav, and extending for upwards of three hundred feet along the same. • Also a piece of 'Saltmarsh Land a djoining, westward, called the Tigh, containing about three with the several buildings and erections thereon. The above Estate is held under, and by virtue of several Leases made and granted to the CAnninissioners for terms of years which Will expire on or about the 2d April, 1829, at several rents amounting towl9/. per annum, and subject to the several Co venants, Provisoes, and Agretments therein expressed and con tained. N. B. The OnniniVomers reserve for the Public Service dur ing the reMainder trms, the WaterTank,with the Mill,Pipes, Fitments, and atom theretti belonping, situate, lying, and being between the entrance gate; of the Yard and the Wharf above-rnentivned, with lilmity to work the tame for the supply of Water to ,1 7 .isMajesty's ShipS, as will be mentioned in the Particu lar and 4 7:finditions of Sale. And also recerre for the use of the Agent, 'Victualler the Meisuage or DweLling-house with the Yard, Co n ifaw;end.Apprittenatices, now in t his. pah'ate occupation, until 1404'y Day, 1827, lie paying all Taxes for the saute. Tlio,Kstate way be viewed at any time between the hours of light and Six on application to Mr. Stokes, on the premises (who 17,611 show. a pl an o f t h e name ) or to Mr. Batten, Auctioneer, St. Maigirrets . Bank, Rochester ;, and printed Particulars way be had of them, and Messrs. Knight and Jones, No. 2, St. James's- Van, London, and Mauro. Jefferya and Parkin, Chatham. W.ALLEIt CLIFTON. VICTUALLING-OFFICE, AUGUST 25,' 182. lIE CoininiSsioners foi Victualling His Majesty's Navy, &e. do hereby give INTOtIce, that on THURSDAY, the 81 at of this month, they will be ready to receive Tenders in ''riting (sealed up), and treat for the following Articles, to be delivered into His Majesty's Victualling Stores, at Deptford, one half of each Article, on or before the 25th September next, and the remainder by the 25th October following, viz. ; One hundred and fifty thousand Gallons of West India Rum, of the usual strength of five per cent. under proof, and One hundred. Gallons of West India Rum, of at least forty-five Pet cent. above proof, by Sykes's Hydrometer. One hundred Tons of West India Sugar. Forty tons of New Virginia Leaf Tobacco. ,Forty tons of Mottled Soap. Thirty tons of New Oatmeal. Fifteen tons of Butter. Twenty tons of Cheese: Two Thousand Two Hundred sacks of Biscuit Meal. Eight Hundred Sacks of Kiln-dried Household Flour. One Hundred and Fifty Tons of Stove-dried Liverpool, or coarse grained Cheshire Salt, or Salt of equal goodnestii,. and 'One Hundred and Fifty Tons of Stove-dried Cheshire Bay Salt, or Salt of equal goodness. S, amples of th e S ugar o f not less than three pounds weight sieh; of the Oatmeal of not less than two quarts each, and of the Fifth ofitot lesS than four pounds weight each, are to be produc e d With the 'renders, and The Conditions of the Contract, and also a sample of the Soap, n l5 ) , be Amen at this (Am. Each Tender must specify the price in words atiength, and be delivered before One o'clock on the day appointed ; and the Per von who makes the Tender, or some Person on his behalf, must attend to answer when called for. M. WALLER CLIFTON Ina few days, in post Bvo. ROUGH NOTES taken during some rapid Jour ti pies ammo; the PAMPAS, and among.the ANDES. By Captain pitAscis BAND, MAD, The commissioner of the R.4i-Pists . Mining Association. Printed for John Murray, Albemarle-street. Tw° 'HUNDRED POUNDS REWARD.— LOST or STOLEN, from the Defiance Manchester Coach, on the night of the,2Bth, or the morning of the 29th of July, a PORTMANTEAU, in which was enclosed a PARCEL, 'directed to Mews. Paget* and Kirby, Bankers, Leicester, contain ing,639ol. of their FIVE and TEN POUNDS PROMISSORY NOTES, payable at the house of Sir R. C. Glyn, Bart. and Co. Ths payment of the whole is stopped, and- the above reward will be paid on the recovery of the property (if lost) and the convit tlOn of t4e offenders (if stolen), on application to Mr. Gates, So „lcit.", 36 r Lombard-street.—Messrs. Pagets and Kirby now beg , apprize the Public, that upon the knowledge of the loss they at ° Tlre desisted f rom.a ll f urt h er i ssues o f FIVE an d TEN POUND NOTES (PRINTED in BLACK), they have called in, by public Vvertisement a n d ot h erw i se , t h e i r N o t es o f that description, and t r b e 11 "',.._1 , repared with a FRESH ISSUE of their Notes, PRINT- ItED; and the Public are respectfully requested to refuse 47,g any of their Five or Ten Pound, Notes Printed in Black, /ti P. ere determined to resist the payment of their lost (At t ._ • Leicester, Aug. 28, 1826. ENGLISH MINING ASSOCIATION.—The DIRECTORS hereby give Notice to those Sharehold ers t b a" paid th e i r Del ios i t , hut have not paid the fi rst ins ta l- One at Pou n d T en Shilli ngs per Sh are , ca ll e d f or on the bth of January last, that their Shares have become forfeited by the tents of the Deed of-Settletnent. at I:Bbuet ( that at a Special Meeting of the Proprietors, held this day givetizatt):6B"iletinPf rtoher "id Association, a Resolution was pasted . , option another opportunity of paying the said t h ole ; k ent t or the of reducing their Shares two-fifths, (viz. u° have five Share', to three, and so in proportion), as an e qivale n t f or such instalment, on their signing the Deed of Fettleo e vent,and paying the further call this day unanimously made Pound Ten Shillings per Share on the reduced number of sha re"'. such opt i on to be declared at the O ffi ce of the said Asso ciation, on or b tfore the 80th day of August, next, in default of Which such Shares are declared absolutely forfeited. By Order of the Directors, Austin -fri ars , July 28, 1826, J. BOURDILLON See / —,...... ----- ---___ TIER WU:KwArt G A NO.—We have explained that the gang of thieves lately tried at Glcueester were improperly called by this name. We hive been infer ) ed - of Thomas MIN, the actompliee and a pru:ver, on t on i the release'le most of the prisoners were convictetr, be walk M e t e l: e e a eu Tt e i n r ( e Levois, of Rangewurthy, who, addreasing him founiliLl Iy W . Christian name, said, " Now, did'ust thee, Toni, steal our ) tilve te r Tons Tom, " did ; and ipoon i ind plyers?"—(tongs).—" Yes," So, taking from hi. hack a large thee 'shalt have 'sin again." big in which were several articles of' stolen property, he tack these out and restored them to her. " And aent thoiie breeches "Witt on my old runnier says Lewis.Aire: " Indeed they the 'aYa Tom, . o h u e I can't strip' here; but if thee% send for them 4 ' 4 llOrro w , thee shalt have them." They were restored ; and To m's conscience seems to have be en so muc h pricked, that seve IC I thers, hearing of Mrs. Lewis's good fortune, have applied to hi al, and recoveredmany other articles of stolen property.---Brie tal Journrit AvVr UT. S unday .afternoon hyThomas Pl a tt, w h o wa s a weaver in this, town, accomp a ni e d Part his h rot h er-in-law, George Alawdsloy, paid a visit to his aged lus, who reside at ifoline 4 Barn, near Dean Church. After had been in the .house short time, Alawdsley reached down 11.gun,' and 'whilst he'Svis in the act of handling it, and expressing rationedk'nira of t h e wor k mans hip, it u n f ortunsteir exploded, and 7,,,ged Whole contents in the back of Platt, who was in a g Position at that Moment- The wounded rtiVi le;t7lY`tr and in the course,oftwomin minutes he breathed,,his 44' R h, L''" gun 'had been brought into th e h ouse the preceding 1 ; "Y the tt/thew of the deceased, after having been used for „ f alu•Pose of killing sparrows in the corn-fields, and the whole Iva ß l n finla r were ignbrant that it was charged. The deceued amiable.and.' inoffensive character, and lute left a wife to his unfortu n a te d esth. As may he supposed, poor Makvds th, d: t ntte ' di seonssitatio, , i n d abl i o s t fr a ntic at the eadeevent, f or 14 ° 4 1: :14 1 48i 4 all he , were on the most friendly and a ff ectionat e, , r ,..crpnee. inquiiii t i mi was h e ld ou the body on Tom turned " I llutt %Web; and'a verdict of accidental death re "7-401ton 41,9rr 1401 '' ' . f I ' 'l -.._______ o. 10,597. RIGHT Op: REPORTING AT INQUESTS. (From the Pottery Meicury, of Aug. 16. ) DEATH BY Boxisi66.- 7 -On Friday morning a fight took place on the race-course, between Charles Hall and Mat thew Skinner; - they had previoutly quarrelled in one of the booths,and proceeded to settle their dispute by pugilis tic prowess. They fought only two rounds, and when the deceased was coming to the scratch at the beginning of tlie third round, he'fell 'down, and shortly expired. This is the second:instance within a few weeks, where drunken ness has been instrumental in causing the death -; of: a fel low-creature, for' both men had been drinking k! revious to the battle. A n I nquest was h e ld on the body, and:a ver dict of manslaughter was returned. REPORTING AT INQUESTS. • The above Inquest was held (in consequence of the absence of Mr. Dent), before Mr. Hand, Coroner, from Uttoxeter. The Editor of this Journal was called upon on Monday,mOrning to attend the inquest, as :juryman. He accordingly proceeded, at the appointed hour, to , the house where it was to be held. He had no sooner sat down, prepared to report the inquest, than the Coroner .asked him "if he attended as a reporter ?" The answer WAS, that he had been summoned to attend on the Jury, and that he certainly did propose' reporting the proceedings." ,He was then informed by the Coroner, that " a report would not be allowed to be taken." The Editor very naturally asked " upon what authority this re• solution was founded ?" and Mr. Hand read for his edifi cation what ,he styled " The opinion of Mr. Justice Bai ley," which declared that " publishing a report of an in quest, where a verdict of manslaughter or murder was ' brought in against any person or persons, was illegal, and that the publisher was liable to be tried for 'a nour,", as he inforthed him, " because such report might influence the minds of Jurors when the case was brought before them in a CoUrt of Ju stice:" The Editor then ex pressed an Intention of taking notes for his satisfaction, as a Juryman, and was informed that this also would not be allowed. In vain did he cite cases to prove that the right of reporting was unquestionabletlitt when, at the in quest on the body of the 'Marquis of Londonderry, at North Cray, an attempt was injudiciously made to prohi., bit thcattendanee of Gentlemen connected with the pub lic Press, the Coroner was severely reprobated by' all classes of society—that seldom, either before or since, had the right been disputed—and that Mr. Dent invariably al lowed full reports to be taken. The fiat of Mr. Hand was---that neither as a Reporter nor Juryman should he take notes. The Editor, disdaining any more of this wordy contest; then informed him, that, though he had been summoned to serve on the Jury, he was not a pari shioner; and therefore as he was hindered from doing what he considered his lawful right, he should' not act as a Juryman : he therefore wished him good morning, and retired. This is a simple statement of the caste. With regard to Mr. Justice Bailey's opinion, —if he did pronounce such an opinion as law, we must say, that he was singular in it, for It is an established principle of justice, that it fears no publicity to its lawful acts. There is an order of the House of Commons prohibiting the reporting of its proceedings, which order is disobeyed daily, during the session of the Houie. This is allowed, because it is the prerogative of Englishmen to know what passes there, and every where, where their interests are Cemeerned. We ask, is an inquest to be made a Star Chamber busi ness, because Mr. Anybody may adopt unconstitutional opinions, and establish rules not only unfair but un just ? An inquest is a court of enquiry, to find how a fellow creature met his death, and its proceedings can not be too public. If the case had been one where premeditated 'malice had caused the death .of a fellow creature, there might have been a shado w of excuse for the refusal, but i n this instance the unfortunate man's death arose from a hasty quarrel, as the verdict evidently proved. This attempt at establishing new ordinances„ comes doubly grating and disitgreeable to the people of the Pot teries, who, during the 40 yeara Coronership of Mr. Sparrow, never saw such a ridiculous thing. attempted and Mr. Dent has followed the same fair and honest plan. lie does not want to introduce innovation, he is satistied.with the established rules of the noble institu tion that our, ancestors have handed down to us. How different has .been the conduct of Mr. Hand, from that of Messrs. Sparrow and Dent. We have said enough on this.subject : Mr. Hand his incurred a responsibility he May . not be aware of, by refusing any person the right Of reporting, and it remains to be seen whether this pal try attempt at innovation—this' unwise assumption. of authority is founded on law or not. We wish it to be distinctly understood, that We' only arraign the act of Mr. Hand in his official capa city; we have no knowledge of him, more than what has arisen from the circumstance of holding the above conversation with him in 'public : but we have noticed' the affltii because we think it our duty, as Journalists, to insist on the maintenance of the right of reporting, and because we will suffer no man, whether in public or 'in private, to beard us with unfair or unjust opposition in 1 the exercise of our duty to our best friends—the public, whose patronage we should ill deserve, if we were silent on an occasion like the present. (From the Pottery Mercury of A . ug. 23.) In our Istat we mentioned that the Editor of this Jour nal was prtibibited by 'Mr. Hand, Coroner, from taking notes at an Inques t, stretch of authority is as illegal, RS its shall show that th is , edented. Who ever before this time assumption is unp recedented. judgment, when considering heard of a his mein Juror b r e e i c il hindered from taking notes to assist ory-40 a given before him and his fellow Jurors demanded " No one, we are quite sure. what verdict the gu e l vi e 'den ? A. Coroner's Inquest is an open Court—open to all daises Of people, and every p v i v t l . to pleases is entitled to, The Coroner is au witness he proceedinp er t 'person obstinately, resist- to fine or commit "Y 'person ing his orderi, ,in contempt of hi s Record, the following Record. That his is a Court o f authority as Judge of ahews - " The 'Court of the Coroneri 56 . 2 liraui. P. C. 42.) i s a C our t of Rewor d , by what man. any one di es h i prison, or death , comes to a violent _. (4 1n5t. 271. to enquire, lial' P.' when e ' ner he coolie to hi s en d , " — .4 nk e k s t on e's Cont. 277 ' 4 the of Upon this p r i nc i p l e it is, that he assum es -- bo lder .. . aPpt'edvietowtizißen opoberdtieernseferoti: 'tthalcisinlig;ownoetreltilll complied we' that with his request, and took no no te s, for we cons ider the evidence, the authority of the law is to be obeyed, no matter in to .d whose hand it may be, delega t ed ; " for to Judge Robinso) we "tea the King's commission, to 'whomsoever it is . frl O'er), the same as we would re- , as Curran sat verence the kin ' a crown were it cast upon a bramble.' Pbßut we are clearly of opinion that. the Coroner has no wer to prohibit a Juror from takifig . notes to assist his memory : and his power to., prevent' any notes being taken is questionable; at any event, it has been but rarely exercised. From the fact of Inquests being ratimily held in the OPEN AIR, it is shown' that the p ug have a certain right to knew what is done, and by wkOM, in a Coroner's court; and as this right is acknowledged, an inference may be drawn faveurable to the right of Reporting; for that TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 29, 1826. part of the public 'whose at/nations keep them absent from the Inquest, may have their laudable curiosity gtatified by the authentic repo rts of t h e Press, taken on the spot, by Rep or t ers , whose huiiness it is to make mi nutes of evidence, and who. are responsible for any inac curacy they may be guilty of. It would occupy too much space to quote all of the o lda ut h or i t i es w hi c h establish the fact of th e C oroner ' s I nquest being a Publ i c Coutt, b ut . we shall mention a few of them Loin BACON derives then name of Coroner from the .circumstance of the Inquest being' held in corona populi, in a circle or company of the people standing or sitting round about the subject of enquiry. And one of our earliest law writers, Sir THOMA S NUM, L.L.D. (secretary to Edward VI. and Queen lelizabeth,) in his work (now very scarce and valuable) De litkuaien Anglorunt, A.D. •1583, thus says, " Moth's cogendi duodocimviloi, ratlaverque fiefuncti a quasi. tor, quern Conowns. appell4muN inrliiciendi sentratiaque prefer. end* in• puttlica platen solet peragi, et in Corona Popule."- -Lib. 4; ' Osp.:24, De ilmniskriii - Quafikr.* See also Greenwood on Coroners, 291. BloOdone, Coin. I, 141, 111. 372. But as the worthy Knight may, to some of our readers, he more intelligible in an English dress—we quota from the Quarto translation, A.D. 1601, " Of the Coroners." " Upon the sight of the body so violently come to his death, he doth empannel an inquest of twelve men or more, of those which coins next by, be they STRANGERS or INILABITANTX, and upon their. oaths, and by sight or view of the body, and by such infornsations-as they can take, must march howe the per son Blaine came to his death, &c. p. 05. The empannellin g of this inquest, and the view of the body, and the giving of the verdict, is commonly in the streets or open place, and in CORONA Thus we see that the inquest was held formerly where ever the body was found, even if in the street or open place.; Publicity was courted, and not 'shunned: All the laws of Ethelred, Canute,. AYred, Edward, (5.e. en join publicity of procedure. Spebnan, and &Men, 'F7teherbert, & c . ill ustrate t h ese point i in the ancient judicatu re . Mr. Justice BLACKSTONE, speaking of inquests not being traversable, says— " It is because of the Norojurry of the Coroner's Inqueit, Super maim s (Jorporis, at which the INHABITANTS Ur eT.t. Tilt NEIGHBOURING VILLAGES ARE BOUND TO ATTEND." 2 Blackstone's Rep. 0$ I . COKE, in 4 Institutes, 196, 197, 198, condemns all se cret Inquests and Offices; but we have no room for the extracts., In a case .in Burrow's Reports, (Rex. v. Killinghall, A. D: 17.56, 1 Burrow's Reports, 19,) it it distinctly ruled, that if a Coroner omit to take an Inquisition upon an untimely death, it may be done by the Justices of Gaol Delivery, Oyer and Ternzincr, or 'of the Peace; but it Unlit be done openly i and if it be done secretly, IT MAY BE QUASHED; Lord MANSFIELD in tine cage expressly says, that all Inquests must he "publid,y and openly found," by express statutes against St6cexcv,sviz. I?dward 111. Stat. I C. 8 .; 23 Henry VI. Cap. .16 ; artd,l Henry VIII. Cap. 8. " The Examination before a Coroner, is an inquest of-" Office ;: it is a transaction of NOTORIETY, of which resat ?EASON HAS A Rider ACCUS ; and writs of Ad quod domnum have been frequently set aside for want of this Notoriety in the execution of them by the Sheriff."—Per Lord Knitos, in Rex v. the Inha bitants of A.D. 17F18. 3 Tern. Reports, 722. See also I Phile. .EoidenCe 3'75, in which it is cited. These extracts will abutsdantly satisfy every one that Inquests are meant to be as public as. possible ; and it stands to reason, that an authentic report of the evidence, instead of being contrary to Law, is in fact nothing more or less than a ,fidifitnent of the honest intentions of ou t , forefathers, and is in strict accordance with the principles of jurisprudence. r , We now proceed to examine the prohibition laid by the Coroner ' as to Reporters taking notes ; for as to Ins re.. fusel to allow the Editor, as a Juror , to minute the evi dence, that it is so illegal that we shall not here notice it. We mean to prove that the publication of evidence cannot; be hindered on any just grounds. The usual reasons assigned for thisprohibition are two :—First, The possible frustration of the ends of justice, which such publica- tion might produce, by a premature disclosure of the nature and extent of the evidence against a party implicated; and, etsondlY, the prejudice created in the public mind against the accused, whereby he might be - deprived of the benefit of a fair trial by the Jury, who should ultimately pronounce upon his innocence or Thefirst of these is possible, but no more; for the gen tlemen of the press are always discreet enough to sup press any or all of the matter, if necessary ; and as the Coroner can issue• his warrant instanter on the verdict of the Jury, there is little, fear that publication can be , " premature." With respect•to the second reason. It is founded on criminal informations having been granted against news papers accompanying the evidence with comments; but When a simple account of plain evidence is published, it cannot be objected against. When eoinments are added that may prejudice the public mind, then, and not till then, can an information be granted. More real injury will arise froM the exaggerated verbal statements of the spectators, than from any printed report, when in the publishing of it, the Editor of the newspaper renders him self liable to prosecution, if it ix unfair, or false. Ex-parte ,verbal statements will affect the mind of a Jura; whilst an authentic report of the evidence will leave his mind unbiassed. Truth is often elicited by the publication of evidence; whereas, if it remain' unpublished, the friends or relations of the deceased person, anxious for revenge, may begin Spargere voces • In vulgurn tunbiguis:" The publication of evidence is a positive good, the sup pression of it a negative evil. We maintain therefore that no law exists:which ryas a Coroner Pow e r to forbid any Juror taking notes o the evidenee; to - assiatyhts memory, and the Coroner so doing does it at his own risk. Probably Mr. Nand, ; vent farther than his intention, but that cannot excuse the illegality of the action. PAISLEY, AUG. 19.—Within the last, week the number of applicants to the Subscription Committee liesincreased 'considerably. This, however, is mainly attributable to the termi nation of the demand for harvest labotir. As to trade, little , can be said either on the score of deterioration or improvement - . Our nianufecturers have been visited by some English purchasers of the better times, which a t l eas t l o oks auspiciously ; but from what we can learn, die prices they proposed were such ueould only ha ve been' offered with a v i ew to make our misfort u nes the source of profitable speculation, and under the hops that, circumstanced u We are, we would willingly surrender at discretion. The county cdmmittees are not in the mean time forgetful of the interests over which they preside. Deputations from those of Lanark, Ayr, and Renfrew, have joined in en application to Government for assist- ance to. form the rail -road between Johnstone and Ardrossais, which has long been a matter, of 'contemplation... The ramifica- , lions of this great projected work, running through the very heart of the distressed districts, it would, if brought into effect, he a met t'powerful medicinat n th e di e with which their inhabitants' are afflicted. Ministers have here: the opportunity of benefiting a largeportiOti of the Cou fm nnity without sinning either against econoniy or precedent; and Ws are not dispOeed to believe that they W ill neglect it. Let them remember that we ire a dutiful pe i v i e --that meats of our ovna we hen twine—and that it is fit- ling that the sttiStitl'S hand Should be provided with work--..when,' without it, neither he nor hiechildren can support existence„....;.. Paisley Advertiser. 1- .4 • , . . , •• ‘• l it : . , .- .., ~, 4 1 .. ,• , ,Ir ..... tr -'4'. 4....... .. ' •-••^ ''' ' .s.2ls: ' 1t , l'''' ' .. V V" . • q•• * V..4IIW 0 ' , - ~, 1 V&, , , •:.* ~.. •• 1.--- ,O. ...I:4*, p . , ~. ~,,., , i -- j r 4.....- „...4,.., ..„, ••. • .- ~... rt 0v p .,,, , T . k 1ite1.)22, , _ - ((. 7 , t . 4 PR ICE ill. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. EAST INDIA. SAILINGs FROM THE CAPE.-His Majesty's ship Helicon ; Aeland, for'the Mauritius, May 6th; his Majesty's ships Cyrene, Campbell, for Madras, on the 26th May ; and his Majesty's ship Hind, TreillieklUX, for ditto, ou the 28th ditto. His Ms, jesty's ships Warspite and Volage, to sail for India on the 9th June; and his Majesty's ship Samarang, Dunn, to sail for the Mauritius on the 1 I th ditto. RIO JANIIIRO, JGDY s.—Artatvar.s.—The Hope, BUrns, from the Gap► and St. Helena, 12th June ; the Orpheus, Duff, from London, on the 14th ditto ; the, Chapman, Milbank, from ditto, on the 28th ditto, in distress, with lops of mainmast, mizen topmast, sails, &c. and was replacing, and expected to sail in ten days for New' South Wales- RAILINGS mom Illo.—The Orpheus, Duff, for New South Wales, on the 22d of June. BAHIA, JULY I.s.—AitatvAL.—The Medway, Wight, from Van Diemen's Land, on the 3d of-July—sailed from ditto on the *24 of April. SALLLNG ritOM Mt►rlttey, Wight, for London, on the 11th of July. THE WORKS AT THE NEW LONDON BRIDGE, The erection of this public fabric proceeds with great rapidity. The centres for the second arch are nearly finished, and are visible over the parapets of the old bridge. The mode by which these.centres are constructed is very ingenious. The wood and iron-work is formed and put together at, Messrs. Jolliffe and Banks' establish ment, at the Isle of Dogs, where the sections of the centre are finished ready for placing in position at the new bridge. These gigantic pieces'of wood-work, forming a semi-cirele, are then floated to about .50 yards above the site of the new bridge on the Surrey side, where two barges are moored to each other. The barges are so constructed as to admit, as the tide falls, a body of water, by which they are nearly filled, and thus brought almost to a level with the surface of the river; the centres are then, by the ope ration of powerful machinery, first brought horizontally on to the barges, and' then, by the same agency, raised per pendicularly across the' Middle of them, and secured in that position. As the tide rises, the water is let out of the barges, and at high water they are floated down to the works where the arch is to be turned: The state of the tide at this juncture is such, as to bring the centres, thus temporarily fixed on the barges, almost even with the piers on which they are to be-based . ; and, by the opera tion of powerful mechanism, these ponderous centres (each weighing nearly .40 tons) are plated - in their posi tion at the new bridge. The celerity with which the works proceed, must he no less satisfactory to the public; than creditable to the contractors ;. and although the period at which the New London Bridge is stipulated to be finished embraces (we believe) four or five years from this time, there is, from appearances, every probability that it will be erected before that period, as the first arch will, we learn, be turned by the close of the present year, FOSSIL BONES FOUND IN FRANCE. In seVeraPplacturof the chalk mountains of Querey, in the department of'the Lot, are to be found the remains of 'a sort of rectilinear and circular entrenchments, formed of rough blocks. The most remarkable of them are on the summits of two mountains, in the parish of Breingues, district of Figeac, one of which lies on the right, and the other on the left bank of the Sele. Among the rocks on the right bank are several holes or caverns. with traces of mason' work before them, as r is the 'case with most of the recesses in the rocks along the banks of the Lot, SAe, &c. ,Triditions of treasures concealed in these caverns, have occasioned search to be made in them every way. In 1816, almost the whole inhabitants of Breingues paid a visit to those above mentioned: At the one,-the month of which the rocks almost entirely concealed, the entrance was found to be blocked up with earth. The peoplit act - to work to remove this, and 'at three feet depth came upon the skeleton of a man, and near it a sort of fork, with two prongs of iron. This discovery made them still more intent upon the search, and by the - help,of a windlass' they removed the earth, and continued working to a perpendi cular depth of eighteen metres. At this depth the per pendicular direction of the cavern altered to three hori zontal branches, which were tilled up in the saint way with earth and rubbish. The workmen followed one of these, but were soon stopped by three large stones, placed one above another, evidently by the hands of man. On removing them it was obeerved, that on' one side they were all of a reddish earthy colour, like other stones raised from the surface of the soil; bitt, on the reverse' sides, there were traces of crystogamia, moss, byssui, &c. which plainly showed they must have - lain long in the air before they were brought under ground. Th e men were now quite convinced that behind these were concealed the caves containing the treasures; but, instead of them, they found an extmordinery heap of bones, a part of which Was mixed with earth and rubbish of 'stones, but others were very carefully placed away in the narrow crevices of the rocks. Several heads of an unknown kind of deer, and many otheri, not mixed with earth, but carefully ar ranged, were discovered in a hole covered with a flat stone. Now and then the masses of stones and heaps of common earth were interrupted by small piles of clayey sand, or alluvial soil, as if they had been deposited by the sep. It was easy to see that the river never could l u ive deposited them here, and that it must have been the work of man, for they were pressed together, regularly disposed, and, above all, surrounded by small very white chalk stones, which, even if the water had deposited the piles so regnlarly, must necessarily haii been soiled;: besides, the elevation of the eleven, more than 300 metOes abOve the bed of the river, banished all supposition that they could have been occasioned by the 5616. In the hops of proving more fortunate in the other branches of the cavern, operations in the one where the experiment had been fiat made were abandonedi but, in the others nothing was (maul except bones, c o ll ecte d i n the same manner. So great a quantity was dug up, that, em wer e to rn °ff ifgathered into a heap, they would have occupied a space of more than 20 cubic metres. The greater part of them Azi liedm:Ybeen t them them a short time before. When brought into the air they appear b e e d en a m s e fres sea h ly as sl i i i d thete white. lsh Among dis tinguished' the skull of a rhinoceros, three teeth of the sa me animal, the head of a kind of deer not now existent, the antlers of which resembled in some degree those of a young rein-deer, fragments of the large enders of a kind of deer not now known, but which were shaped not unlike thos e --„ . urge ox, and the tlugh-bone,of a hors e . of the common kind; and, fi lially, th e ehouider.biadeofa An Irishman on hearing that Reynolds, the Dra nudist, intended giving a continuation of his Lif. nud Times, exclaimed, " What I two lives ; by the powers ! though nine tailors have only one life, there are craturs that have nine lives, and this Reynolds, if not stopped, will show himself a true Tom, de pend on't. On Saturday a Meeting of this Company took lakes at the London . Tavern, for the <purpose of examining the accounts. Reporters were at 'first refused admission, upon which a sharp discussion took piece. Mr. CLARK proposed that the Reporters be forthwith admitted. Mr. P. MOORE and Mr. L ANGSLOW oppose d t h e motion, which was carried by a majority of 23 to 5, Mr. PETER MOORE was in the Chair. The CHAIRMAN rose to put the first resolution, which, after a great deal of exceedingly unnecessary discussion, was - agreed to. The balance sheet was then read, from which it appeared, that the sum of 102,1701. 10s. 1 Id. had been tece k e d and expended since the formation of the Company --one item of which expenditure, Mr. Wilkes bill, amounted to 3,5141. Mr. HARRIS then-moved that the Report of the Au ditors be read. Mr. LANGSLOW and P. MOORE opposed the motion. Several SHAREHOLDERS—We are satisfied of the legality► of entertaining the proposition just made. Mr. LANGSLOW said, the deed stated 'that the Auditors should make a Report to the Directors, not to the Pro prietors. • Mr. CLARK said, that if the. Proprietors were not put in possession of the contents of the Report, they must re main in ignorance of facts which it. was highly essential they should know. Mr. PETER MOORS here struck the table a violent blow, and again called to the Proprietors to look to the Deed of Settlement. A SIIAREIfOLUEIt-I ask you, Mr. Moore, whether the deed has not been violated by the Directors taking enor mous sums of money. Mr. J. CAMPBELL—I believe that not one guinea has been taken by the Directors that was not according'to the Deed, Mr. P. Moottu---I'll have thelleed read. SHAREffoLDERs—It.is only (or the purpose of delay that those objections,are made—let it be put to the vote. Mr. PM,* Moon (hitting the table , bard)-111 •go according to law. • Mr. 'YENNING (Chairman of the Auditors) stood, that he should read the Report as part of his speech. Mr. YENNING/ then read the Report, whirl represented that the most gross negligence had existed in the direr tion ; that the money of the Company had been most wantonly squandered by the Directors and Mr. 'Mika ; and that they made the most enormous charges for at tendances, although they merely attended for their own profit. • Mr. P. MOORE again objected that the deed was not adhered to. Mr. LANGSLOW.--I move that the. deed he adhered Mr. P. MooRE, without having waited till the meeting could think of holding up their hands upon curb a 'propo sition, aid aloud, knocking violently against the table, " It's carried."—(Roars of laughter.) Auditors lVlr.Ct i , i s a n d ic , nrot their r an e i i i i d o s e t a ' cheers. vnnrs t 0 of the transactions of those who had mismanaged the con cern, stumbled upon a transaction which required an ex -I)l.kt-cal:idle h i:un lit :a t :le r ; planation from the Directors' minute-book ; but the 'Seere utry told them they should have every thing hilt that book. They next found it necessary to ask for the Company's Committee's share-book; but they were informed that there was no share-book. It was, however, ascertained, closer inquiry, th a t th ere h a d been a share-hook, but the person in whose custody it had been last seen was Mr. Willis, in whose office it lay. Mr. Clark then alluded to the payment of 12,500/. to Mr. Wilks, to pay over to Mr. Jones, the proprietor of one of th e m i nes , ca ll e d Coedal lan. This sum, it was found, had not been paid 'Over to Mr. Jones until long aftetwards. Besides the shares which the Directors had appropriated to themselves, they kept away from the public many more shares, for their interest in which they received from Mr. Wilk& the sum of 50Q!. each—(Cries of shame.)—and up to this time they had never paid a farthing of the deposits. If they had col tilled that engagement, 50,000/. additional would now be at work. Of other shares, which produced premiums in the market, upwards of 1,700/. had been divided amongst. the Directors.--(Cries of shame.)-- The Directors had contrived, with great ingenuity, to increase their fees for attendances; they-were not con tent with sitting and charging. for four or five days a week. They divided the days into six Committees; for attending all of which they made their charges. They had their Special 'Board, their Committee of - 111iinitgernent, their Committee of Accounts, their Instalment Commit tee, their Dividend Committee, their Deed and , Rent Roll Committee—(Loud laughter)—and they transformed themselves every half hour, in order to get. hold of the property of the unfortunate Shareholders. In the space of eighteen months Mr. Peter Moore had £ a. X ■. for attendance, the By the deed ha ought sum of 859 19 to have had 283 10 Barrett - g Kershaw 659 10 Ditto Perring 166 9 Ditto Gray l97' 19 Ditto &c. So that the , Directors had paid themselves 3,319/. 75., whereas they ought to have had no more than 1,2321. I4•s. The Deputation sent into Wales, in their Report, re commended a resident Director. This report was signed by Messrs. Gray, Kershaw, and Wilks, and Mr. Gray was , recommended to such office. A house, formerly in the occupation of Col. Wardle; was purchased for the sum of 750/. and an outlay to be made thereon of 2,5004, but, in addition to which, a further sum had' been expended, so that the residence stood the Coma any in 5,00011. As, regards the 7504 to be paid to Mr. Wardle, a receipt only for 3504 was to be found. Mr. Wilke' was paid 1,2724 lila. 9d. for stamps, for the conveyance of certain pro r perty, but the deeds had never been executed. Mr. Clark then said, that it was a pleasing task for him to commu nicate to the p ro p r i eto r s , t h at t hi s was a valuable concern; , but he declared that it required a rigid economy, and strict management. Mr. LANGSLOW entered into a justifictoion of the con duct of himself and brother Directors. Mr. 'YENNING (one of the Auditore)..As an instance of the total neglect of the Directors, he would state, that at one time not less than 60,0004 were allowed to remain in the Banker's hands. Shortly after that period a cheque was drawn for 12,5001. in favour of Mr. Wilke, for the ostensible purpose of liquidating the debt due to Mr. Jones, the vendor of part of the property; but this mo on y Mr. Waits had kept hiMself, and the Auditors adjourned their Meetings from time to time, until they obtained from Mr. Wilke a proper acknowledgment that the money . 4bl l C ib itt a K ti td t w , h l;a t t h Ar e l d . e V eds erb ‘ e v ice iv erer o io u l t h d i o n ly ob e a x bly eeut ye d. some eeMn r n Mr. VERIIKKE, the Solicitor to' the Company, replied , u tl p iat i) :7 A m ir. w l l l u , t i t iks he ly k a n s, ew be o et f a t is h eo ., matter, he was firmly Or snarled that.the sole cause why the deeds were not drawn • thed r ! ,6401 L.8 . ywnhliecvhehde theliad freeltioe‘ihyvieenteldiftrfleositinc:ititlitlvieti:Cih:otmoiLethu,epla Committee of the Shareholders be appointed rini h , le eoslll j isting .. .f re. th , e Oakley, theJosepph Wells, i%. Tura'ra', sod fl.. Selby, to examine into log, to be called by this Committee, with call convenie►i~t dispatch." Rlr„ h,.►~a `a r~►a Maid, that if this matioi► Were carried, A , a ~ erne of West c aailmaii assured the Proprietors w e tarttfusion was here exhibited, in the lh nb l e a e i'a rr ds : g i htl i l a a o al d i j k ,l : ol l : f ll4 l4 4 l;, i B h , t l e ;l l l : c t ' s _ e s h p e t e h ; u : T t l n ia rr ► P d nv Pr do e. never t s.ll ne iddoelot.ito the le heard e t d i r bi e ey .e i* a n ag ' l e ed :: toi that Auditorsr t e e ri n,t h ea e l T 161 (Cries t a t' : i d ! tfocrbi hears!t ,e4l man, and the meeting adjourned.